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Has the NBER study been peer reviewed?

The cited paper is an NBER working paper, which is circulated for discussion and comment. The findings should be treated as preliminary research rather than a settled peer-reviewed estimate.

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A Detector Flagged 29% of New STEM Dissertation Abstracts. What Does That Mean?

An NBER working paper finds more AI-detector flags in STEM dissertation abstracts. The result measures classifications, not authorship or misconduct.

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